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 Civil Division
The unit processes the orders from the court and then attempts to serve the papers on the individuals involved.
They also take minor activity reports by phone, such as small thefts and vandalism where there are no suspects.
The Civil Unit is responsible for the processing of all civil processes from the courts.
http://www.kitsapgov.com/sheriff/civ_Home.htm   (609 words)

  
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Minor Orders
The lower degrees of the hierarchy are designated by the name of minor orders, in opposition to the "major" or "sacred" orders.
In the East, moreover, the subdiaconate has remained a minor order; in the West it was gradually detached from the minor orders, on account of its higher liturgical functions and also because of the vow of celibacy it called for.
Briefly, it appears that the obligation of receiving all the minor orders without exception is a law dating from the time when the minor orders ceased to be exercised in the original way.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332b.htm   (2665 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Minor Orders
Minor orders are conferred by the presentation to the candidate of the appropriate instruments, in accordance with the ritual given in the "Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua," a document which originated in Gaul about the year 500.
The usual minister of these orders as of the others, is a bishop; but regular abbots who have received episcopal benediction may give the tonsure and minor orders to their subjects in religion.
In the East, moreover, the subdiaconate has remained a minor order; in the West it was gradually detached from the minor orders, on account of its higher liturgical functions and also because of the vow of celibacy it called for.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332b.htm   (2665 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Minor Orders
Minor orders are conferred by the presentation to the candidate of the appropriate instruments, in accordance with the ritual given in the "Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua," a document which originated in Gaul about the year 500.
In the East, moreover, the subdiaconate has remained a minor order; in the West it was gradually detached from the minor orders, on account of its higher liturgical functions and also because of the vow of celibacy it called for.
As to the liturgical functions attached to the various minor orders, they are really but a participation, originally rather indefinite, in the liturgical ministry formerly confided entirely to the deacons.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10332b.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Orthodox World
Ordinations to the "Major Orders" always occur during the course of the Divine Liturgy, whereas those to the "Minor Orders" usually take place during the Hours preceding the Liturgy.
In the Orthodox Church there are to be found three "Major Orders" - Bishop, Priest and Deacon - and two "Minor Orders" - Subdeacon and Reader (although in ancient times there were other "Minor Orders" which have now fallen into disuse).
Like ordination to the "Major Orders," ordination to the "Minor Orders" also involves a laying-on of hands, but there is no invocation of the Holy Spirit in these ordinations.
http://www.orthodoxworld.ru/english/tainstva/6   (1044 words)

  
 Holy Orders of the Universal Gnostic Church
Persons completing the requirements for all five minor orders may proceed to the Major Orders or to any of the other options which may then become available.
Liturgist attunements are incorporated into the Minor Orders and other attunements of the Golden Temple of the Holy Grail and are not given separately.
Those members of the Church who complete the Minor Orders are invited to take the Golden Temple of the Holy Grail lessons and initiations.
http://www.universalgnostic.com/orders   (1044 words)

  
 Holy Orders - The Minor Orders
Not more than two minor orders may be received on the same day; nor is it allowed that tonsure and a minor order be received by the same candidate on the same day.
These four orders are called minor orders because of their lesser importance and dignity when compared to major orders; they are not sacraments.
Minor orders are conferred on Sundays and double feasts; also outside Mass, but always in the morning.
http://www.truecatholic.org/ordminor.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Holy Orders - The Minor Orders
Not more than two minor orders may be received on the same day; nor is it allowed that tonsure and a minor order be received by the same candidate on the same day.
Minor orders are conferred on Sundays and double feasts; also outside Mass, but always in the morning.
These four orders are called minor orders because of their lesser importance and dignity when compared to major orders; they are not sacraments.
http://www.truecatholic.org/ordminor.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Information on Minor orders
Minor orders (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc. Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
Sealed orders, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea.
An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
http://www.wkonline.com/d/Minor_orders.html   (1044 words)

  
 Minor orders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The duties formerly performed by members of the minor orders are now usually performed by the laity ; see Catholic minister.
tonsure, a seminarian could receive the first four, which were the minor orders.
After receiving all the minor orders, a seminarian could receive the major orders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_orders   (1044 words)

  
 Holy Orders - The Minor Orders
These four orders are called minor orders because of their lesser importance and dignity when compared to major orders; they are not sacraments.
Not more than two minor orders may be received on the same day; nor is it allowed that tonsure and a minor order be received by the same candidate on the same day.
The historical development of these orders was not the same throughout the Church and, moreover, their functions underwent considerable modifications according to the exigencies of the times.
http://www.truecatholic.org/ordminor.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Glossary of the Medieval Church
: the various grades consisting of the major orders - bishop, priest, deacon, sub-deacon - and the minor orders - acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper
: a) with respect to the monastic or regular life, groups of communities following the same rule or under a common administrative and spiritual structure b) with respect to the Christian ministry, the various grades consisting of the major orders - bishop, priest, deacon, sub-deacon - and the minor orders - acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper
: the rite of admission into the ministry of the church; only admission to the major orders of the ministry was considered to be a sacrament
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/churchglossary/glossaryn.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Expert About mi:Minor
Minor orders are conferred by the presentation to the candidate of the appropriate instruments, in accordance with the ritual given in the "Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua," a document which originated in Gaul about the year 500.
In the East, moreover, the subdiaconate has remained a minor order; in the West it was gradually detached from the minor orders, on account of its higher liturgical functions and also because of the vow of celibacy it called for.
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), with significant funding coming from subscriptions to the various services offered by the Center.
http://expertsite.biz/dir/mi/minor.htm   (1044 words)

  
 owen.asp
Candidates for the Priesthood are required to pass through all 5 degrees of minor orders (cleric, doorkeeper, reader, exorcist, and acolyte), and the "intermediate" office of Sub-Deacon, which still has a place in our High-Mass Celebrations, before becoming eligible for Major Orders.
Also, most of our Clergy are "middle-aged" that is, they often do not enter minor orders until well into their thirties.
I have been with the Church in 1993, and after being re-baptized and confirmed in our church, I entered minor orders in 1995.
http://www.womenpriests.org/related/owen.asp   (1044 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Porter (doorkeeper) Article
In the former ministry of the Roman Catholic church, as prescribed by the Council of Trent, there were seven Orders; the minor orders of porter, lector, exorcist and acolyte; and the major orders of Subdeacon, Deacon and priest.
In the former ministry of the Roman Catholic church, as prescribed by the Council of Trent, there were seven Orders ; the minor orders of porter, lector, exorcist and acolyte ; and the major orders of...
The porter/ostiarius had in ancient times the duty of opening and closing the church-door, and of guarding the church.
http://www.ipedia.com/porter__doorkeeper_.html   (151 words)

  
 Holy Orders
In the East, however, the subdiaconate is regarded as a minor order, and it includes the functions of three of the Western minor orders (porter, exorcist and acolyte).The Byzantine Catholic Church, as a general rule therefore, only counts two grades of ecclesiastical institution: the subdiaconate and the lectorship.
Nevertheless, ordination to the subdiaconate implies also the minor orders of acolyte and porter, and ecclesiastical tonsure is given when the bishop confers the lectorship.
The priesthood, diaconate, and subdiaconate are the major, or sacred, orders, so-called because they have immediate reference to what is consecrated.
http://www.durenmar.de/articles/holyorders.html   (151 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Franciscan Order
These three orders -- the Friars Minor, the Poor Ladies or Clares, and the Brothers and Sisters of Penance -- are generally referred to as the First, Second, and Third Orders of St. Francis.
All three orders profess the rule of the Friars Minor approved by Honorius III in 1223, but each one has its particular constitutions and its own minister general.
The existence of the Friars Minor or first order properly dates from 1209, in which year St. Francis obtained from Innocent III an unwritten approbation of the simple rule he had composed for the guidance of his first companions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06217a.htm   (1102 words)

  
 Major orders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A man could be admitted to the major orders only after receiving the minor orders.
The major orders were the final three orders in the list.
The major orders had a common vestment, the maniple, which was worn in liturgical functions until the Second Vatican Council.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_orders   (1102 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Holy Orders
The bishop generally has the power to dispense from these interstices, but it is absolutely forbidden, unless a special indult be obtained, to receive two major orders or the minor orders and the subdiaconate in one day.
No one but a bishop can give any orders now without a delegation from the pope, but a simple priest may be thus authorized to confer minor orders and the subdiaconate.
The ordination to major orders took place before the Gospel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11279a.htm   (1102 words)

  
 Europe in the Age of the Reformation
The great advantage of being in minor orders was that you were technically a member of the clergy, so you had those privileges.
Thus, you could be in minor orders and not be required to be celibate.
In the medieval Church, holy orders was one of the seven sacraments, so this hierarchy, and the powers attendant upon it, was at the absolute core of what it meant to be Catholic.
http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/reformation/rcc/rcc.shtml   (1102 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cleric
When, however, a cleric who has received only minor orders or even tonsure, after losing his privileges, has been restored to the clerical state, this restitution, even when solemn, is merely ceremonious and is not considered as a new conferring of tonsure or minor orders.
Among the regular orders in the strict sense, namely those whose members have solemn vows, is a large class designated as clerks regular (clerici regulares) because living according to a rule (regula).
In contradistinction to the monastic orders, these clerical orders were instituted for the purpose of exercising a ministry similar to that of the secular clerics, by promotion of the Divine worship and procuring the salvation of souls.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04049b.htm   (1102 words)

  
 lector --  Encyclopædia Britannica
In the Eastern Orthodox churches lector is one of the minor orders in preparation for the priesthood.
any of several grades in the ordained ministry of some of the Christian churches, comprising at various times the major orders of bishop, priest, deacon, and subdeacon and the minor orders of porter...
Although formerly a minor order in the Roman Catholic Church, the office was named a ministry by Pope Paul VI in a motu proprio (initiated by the Pope without advice, effective…
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9047579   (1102 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Document Library : Holy Orders - Part II
This article is an explanation of the rites and ceremonies of the Sacrament of Holy Orders including the minor order of lectors, exorcists, acolytes, and the subdiaconate.
On March 14, 1906, the Sacred Congregation of Rites issued a Decree by which is sanctioned the custom which had been established in many places, in virtue of which a cleric in minor orders may officiate at High Mass in the place of the subdeacon.
The subdeacon shares in some of the functions that appertain to the deacon; but, though the order is now ranked among the major ones, it is still a matter of debate whether it is really an integral part, as it were, of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3627   (1102 words)

  
 Pharsea: The Priesthood of All Believers.
The catalyst that oriented the Latin Church towards the married priesthood was the introduction of the concept of "collaborative lay ministry." This began with the elimination of "minor orders" by Pope Paul, and the tearing away of the substitutions, the "ministries" of lector and acolyte, from an exclusive orientation towards the ordained priesthood.
The minor orders are all believed to be bestowed by sacramentals : being instituted not by Christ as constitutive of the Church, but by the Church as matters of expediency.
The subdiaconate and other minor orders are no longer believed to be bestowed by the sacrament of Order.
http://www.geocities.com/pharsea/Ministry.html   (1102 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Document Library : Holy Orders - Part II
This article is an explanation of the rites and ceremonies of the Sacrament of Holy Orders including the minor order of lectors, exorcists, acolytes, and the subdiaconate.
On March 14, 1906, the Sacred Congregation of Rites issued a Decree by which is sanctioned the custom which had been established in many places, in virtue of which a cleric in minor orders may officiate at High Mass in the place of the subdeacon.
The subdeacon shares in some of the functions that appertain to the deacon; but, though the order is now ranked among the major ones, it is still a matter of debate whether it is really an integral part, as it were, of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3627   (1102 words)

  
 lector --  Encyclopædia Britannica
In the Eastern Orthodox churches lector is one of the minor orders in preparation for the priesthood.
Although formerly a minor order in the Roman Catholic Church, the office was named a ministry by Pope Paul VI in a motu proprio (initiated by the Pope without advice, effective...
The Latin Church had long recognized four minor orders (porter, lector, exorcist, acolyte) and four major orders (subdeacon, deacon, priest, bishop).
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047579?tocId=9047579   (426 words)

  
 The Franciscans
The Franciscan Orders include, for Roman Catholics, the Friars Minor (Order of Friar Minor (OFM), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) and Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv)), the Poor Clares, and the Third Order.
Anglicans Franciscans may join the one of three Anglican Franciscan Orders, and other Protestants may join the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans.
The Franciscans were founded by Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-4 Oct 1226) and Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-11 Aug 1253).
http://www.wtu.edu/franciscan/pages/intro   (87 words)

  
 ASSISI – Banners of Calendimaggio
These three orders – the Friars Minor, the Poor Ladies or Clares, and the Brothers and Sisters of Penance – are generally referred to as the First, Second, and Third Orders of St. Francis.
The First Order comprises priests and lay brothers who have sworn to lead a life of prayer, preaching, and penance; it is divided into three independent branches: the Friars Minor, the Friars Minor Conventual, and the Friars Minor Capuchin.
In addition, it is hard to resist the tension inherent in the concept of a lion prancing on papal colors and the cross reigning over imperial ones – a precise mirror of the polarity and conflict of the age.
http://www.tmealf.com/assisi.htm   (7796 words)

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